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NY A 4249

in committee

Prohibits public utilities from using funds or being reimbursed by funds raised from ratepayers for certain activities

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did NY A 4249 pass?

Not yet. NY A 4249 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS

What is NY A 4249 about?

Prohibits public utilities from using funds or being reimbursed by funds raised from ratepayers for contributions or gifts to political candidates, trade associations, public charities, and lobbyists, and for certain travel, entertainment and educational expenditures.

Who sponsors NY A 4249?

Michaelle C. Solages is the primary sponsor of NY A 4249, joined by 9 cosponsors.

Description

Prohibits public utilities from using funds or being reimbursed by funds raised from ratepayers for contributions or gifts to political candidates, trade associations, public charities, and lobbyists, and for certain travel, entertainment and educational expenditures.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Michaelle C. Solagesprimary
  • Sarahana Shresthacosponsor
  • Christopher Eachuscosponsor
  • Harvey Epsteincosponsor
  • Zohran Mamdanicosponsor
  • Chris Burdickcosponsor
  • Jeffrey Dinowitzcosponsor
  • Marcela Mitaynescosponsor
  • Karines Reyescosponsor
  • Phil Steckcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-31

    REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS

    referral-committee

  2. 2025-06-09

    AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS

    amendment-passage,referral-committee

  3. 2025-06-09

    PRINT NUMBER 4249A

    amendment-passage

  4. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

Not provided by source.

Related bills

  • Prior session: A 7880not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: S 1012

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/A4249?summary=&detail=

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:28:30.722574Z

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